Display device



c. E. KLEIN DISPLAY DEVICE Nov. 20, 1951 Filed April 24, 1947 2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

lNVENTOR (burly l. Klein.

ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 20, 1951 DISPLAY DEVICE Charles E. Klein, Queens Village, N. Y., assignor to Kindred MacLean & Company, Inc., Long 7 Island City, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application April 24, 1947, Serial No. 743,524

4 Claims. 1

This invention is an' improvement in display devices; and particularly a display device or stand made of cardboard or other sheet material with score lines to allow the parts thereof to be easily bent or folded into the required positions.

An object of the invention is to provide a display structure comprising a body having a unique border so formed and connected with the body that it can be collapsed for storage or shipment or readily manipulated to impart to the structure the desired finished configuration.

Another object is to provide a display structure having a body with a front to facilitate the presentation of the matter to be exhibited, and a member or section at the rear that preferably closes thedevice inthe back; the body also having an encircling border with all of its parts and sections united permanently to the body and so disposed relative thereto and to one another that the border can be collapsed or flattened andstill retain its substantial outline and shape. Therefore by simply distending the border, the user can give the device its complete predetermined shape and appearance.

The invention is made plain in the following description and accompanying drawings, which illustrate some preferred embodiment of the improvement. But the disclosure is by way of example only, and variations in structural details, not necessarily shown or otherwise set forth herein, may be adopted without deviation from the essential characteristics wherein the invention actually resides.

On the drawings:

, Figure 1 is a front view of a blank out of which a display device or stand according to this invention can be made.

Figure 2 is a front view of the completed article with all parts in collapsed positions.

. Figure 3 is a rear view of same.

- Figure 4 shows an easel or support for the device.

Figure 5 is a front view of the device with all parts in set-up positions.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal section on line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure '7 is a transverse section on line Figure 11 is a transverse section on line ll-I| of Figure 10.

The cardboard blank of which the device is made comprises a section or panel I, having the shape of a frame of rectangular or other outline; because the section is cut out in the middle to form a large oblong opening 2. In this opening, attached to the frame or otherwise mounted in place, is the design 3 to be exhibited. This design may be a name, a product or a picturepor any other matter. The frame I and the design 3 compose the front of the device, and the-rear face may be closed, or open to some extent also, if preferred; and the entire device has a support at the rear, as will be described later.

The device has a border with bevelled forwardand rear faces, that extend from the front-and rear of the device and meet in a common planebetween said faces and parallel thereto when thedevice or stand is set up to be shown. The border has a hinged connection with the device andits forward and rear faces are also hinged together so that they can be collapsed or distended to assume operative position. The border com'-, prises sections, each containing parts 4 and 5, extending along the top and bottom of the frame.-

the former being united to the device along score lines 6 and the latter to the parts 4 by score lines 1, on the long sides of the blank. These parts 4' and 5 have the shape of isosceles trapezoids,

with their bases coinciding along the scole lines and their lateral edges 4' and 5 respectively about equal in length; but of course extending diagon-- ally in opposite directions and at about an angleof 45. degrees to the lines 6. The border also comprises sections containing parts 8 and -9 at the ends of the device, the former secured to the device along hinge score lines l0, and the two These parts also have the outline of isosceles trapezoids, with joined along hinge score lines ll.

their bases coinciding along the lines l0; and

their lateral edges 8' and 9' also extending When the blankis flat, the edges 8' of the parts 8 will be close to diagonally opposite directions.

the edges 4' of the parts 4.

The outer edges of the parts 9 have extensions l2 united to the sections along hinge score lines l3.

line I5.

layers. sions l2, lie between the projections l4, and

are hinged to the extensions l2 along score lines 11. At the outer edges these flaps have notches l8. When the blank is bent into final shape, the halves and 9 of eafih section of the border are turned back along the lines I and II respectively to bring the lateral edges or ends 5' and 9' of the partsv 5, and 9. close together.. The ex! tensionsslZ nowlie-as shown. in'Figure- 2; and the parts 5" cover the projections I4 and are glued thereto, the extensions being bent about. the lines 13. A sheet of cardboard or the like I9 is secured as by gluing to the rear oflthei device. It has projections 20, that can be bentv le -beyondthe-projection ZlYcoverthe flaps l5",

but? can be lifted When" the device. is to be distended, the sheet IGi'spuIledup' a little at "its ends, or 'b'y-insertinga finger in the opening'f, and the distension means i 6 are" bent in till they engage theinner face of the frame i at the" front. The halves 4" and 5*then 'moveiaboutithe h'in'geflinesfi" and 1;: the halvest' andfl' about the" lines lll and H; andthe halvescf thesections ofthehorder along'the'topi; bottom and: sides* of" the device assume inclined positions; with respect'to-each other, bringing-theends 6" and 5", 8- and 9* together-andgiving the border: a= bevel-led appearance on both front: andrear. To collapse" the device; the elements 18' are simply dis'engaged and the border pressedfiat' about the lines I and H so that thehalves 4-? and'8 -of"each section lie on the" halvesi and 9;.

The display structure is provided: with an. easel tosupport it in display position. This. easel consists of a* cardboard member 22. affixed to theback cover sheet 9;. asindicated in broken" lineson' Figure 3; It has side' parts with" di agonal' edges; slopingin opposite directions; and" vertical score lines z3" adjacent said edges; to"

permit theparts to be bent. out" to form legs 23"." The cardboardwith'in this. out is bent out;

ward along" a= horizontal scoreline'fiiz, which crossesthe lineszii. The part in question thus" forms acatch; with notches 211; The" cut 25? laves openings in the-"sidesiof'th'e"legs; and the. notches- 2 1 engage shoulders 28 in these open ings to keep the catch-28" horizontal and hold theflegs' out in the"p.osition of' Figure 7.

The embodimentshown in' Figures 8 and 11 inclusive'is similarly constructed. The central part29'*of"the"sheet formsthe rear face; it is octagonal in shape, and'itsLtransverse dimension is the longest. The blank. is. symmetrical about th'e'vertica'laxis; andJthe parts. for the border areattachedfto the eight edges. At thetop and bbttbmialongthe. two. longest. edges are: sections comprising, folding, parts. 313 and 3] attached. to the. panell-il by hinge lines. 6-; and these parts or. halves are hinged'together along, score lines 72, On each of the other three edges of the panel at the two sides or ends are sections comprising parts or halves 32 and 33, hinged to the panel 29 along lines l0 and to each other along lines H. The halves 3! have extensions I20, at their outer edges, and the halves 33 have extensionsv #211, all hingedalong. lines HM and I322; The. extensions l 2ai-at'itop and" bottom and the extensions [2b of the sections in the middle at. the ends or sides of the panel 29 have terminal projections [4. When the blank is bent to form theadevice, the sections of the border are turned round thescore lines, 6' and I0, and then about the: lines?!" and 11" to fold the halves of the sections together. in a double layer as before.

The projections 14" then are bent under the halves 33- of thei adjacent sections of the border and. glued or otherwise made fast. The device then has substantially the outline and appearance of Figure 10, with an. open front surrounded by theextensions-12dand" I25; all hr-the same plane" and having the effect. of" an" open frame such asthe frame I. N design'ofarry suitable 'charactencan be mounted in' thisopem' ing or secured-against the-facesof the frame.

On the extensions; I212" are notchedi'membfers l6- hinged thereto at their outer edges along; score lines I1". These membersare bent dowrr against the rear panel; 2 9* whemthed'evie is to be distended-'and'set up; At othertim'es; when the device is collapsed, themembers"l6'are'bent' towards each other and laid fiat on" the" panel. 29; In this position; theendsofthetwo layers of the border are slightlyseparated; with? the exception of'the extensions 'l2a'and' 12b, asprefi sented in Figure? 9; but whenfthet devic'eis'setf up the edges of all partsoftheborder"are-irr contact; and the border again has aibeveldface in both front and rear; Aneaselmaybe at?" tached' to the outer'or 'rear'fa'ce of the panel 29, as before, to support the device in: display position.

The above" description makesplain'the chief advantages of the invention, and the structure" is well' 'calculated to gainaiItheobjects thereof,

Having described my invention, what'Iib'elieve tobe' new is:

1; A display device ofsheet materialhavin'g? a border hinged to its" peripheral: edges, said" bcrdenbeing made upofse'ctions arrangedend'f to end; each extending along. one of saidiedges and divided lengthwise into halves: that are: doubled upon themselves; two of. saidsections on opposite peripheral edges eaclihavingjanex tension along." its: free" edge and of "substantially the'same length as saidse'ction; each of .sa'idexe tensions having a projection pointingoutwardfat" an angleon each end to be attachedtdan'adjacent section to' secure said-sections together end to end, and fiap shinged tome-extensions between the projections for bendinginward 'and distending the device by holding the halvesj'of each section separatedfrom each other;

2. .A display device of sheet materiarh'avingia border hinged to its peripheral edges; said border being made up, of sections arranged endtdend, each extending" along one of" said" edges" and divided lengthwise into halvesthat are doubled upon themselves; two offsaidsecti'ons, on opposite peripheral edges each havingan extension along its free edge and'ofsubstantiallythel same, length. assaid. section,,. each. of i said extensions having a projection. pointing; outward. at? an. angle :on each end: to be attached to! an adjacent section to secure said sections together end-moend, and flaps hinged to the extensions between the projections for bending inward and distending the device by holding the halves of each section separated from each other, the ends of the halves of each section being inclined in opposite directions and meeting in an outward projecting point to impart a bevelled front and rear to the border when the device is set up, the halves of each section being disconnected from the ends of the halves of an adjacent section, so that the border can be collapsed without detaching said projections.

3. A display device of sheet material having a hinged border comprising sections arranged end to end and divided lengthwise into halves which are doubled upon themselves so that each section is made up of two layers each, two opposite sections each having an extension on its freeedge, means on said extensions to connect said sections together end to end, hinged flaps between the projections for distending the device with halves of each section separated from each other, and a support for said device comprising a sheet at the rear, with hinged projections at its upper and lower edges, said projections being secured inside the top and bottom sections.

4. A display device of sheet material having a border hinged to its peripheral edges, said border being made up of sections arranged end to end, each extending along one of said edges and 6 divided lengthwise into halves that are doubled upon themselves; two of said sections on opposite peripheral edges each having an extension along its free edge and of substantially the same length as said section, each of said extensions having a projection pointing outward at an angle on each end to be attached to an adjacent section to secure said sections together end to end, and flaps hinged to the extensions between the projections for bending inward and distending the device by holding the halves each section separated from each other, and a support for said device comprising a sheet at the rear, with hinged projections at its upper and lower edges, said projections being secured inside the top and bottom sections.

CHARLES E. KLEIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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